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Audio Additives Stylus Force Gauge inconstantcy

I recently purchased an Audio Additives Stylus Force Gauge and it is driving me nuts. I get inconstant readings every time I lower the stylus onto the little black dot on the plate. Without moving the arm, every time I lower, raise, lower, etc., I get a different reading between 1.68 - 1.88. The batteries are new, device reads 0.000g at start up, calibration checks out using supplied weight, room temperature is 72F, no interference from tonearm lifter and everything is level.
Anyone else have this problem?
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ebm
5,165 posts
 
There are many gauges out there however the Winds ALM01 is by far the best to 1/100th of a gram.However i don’t know if its still available.It is costly at $800.00 however it is by far the best.
melm
309 posts
 
@ebm
$800 for a stylus scale? How nuts do you think we are?
rodman99999
3,557 posts
 
@melm- If you owned an AV Designhaus Derenville VPM 2010-1(about $650K) with(say) an Air-Tight Opus 1 or Koetsu Coralstone Platinum($14-15K ea) mounted, you wouldn’t be asking that. Some of, "we"(though: not me) have that kind of scratch, for lab-quality instrumentation(God bless 'em).
hdm
971 posts
 
As I stated above, the Canrong I used for 7 years that cost $50 10 years ago was "lab quality instrumentation".

Clearly. And considerably more resolving and accurate than the Winds. One might argue, I suppose, that I just got lucky and got a good sample. But it was. 
ebm
5,165 posts
 
I picked it up for $300.00 and its worth every penny to me anyway.
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